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mircea_popescu: Mats
_cd03 were you thinking of the bitbet overpay last month ?
mircea_popescu: mike
_c he sounds quite admirable, especially when he's doing the narration. third parties... well more of a mixed bag.
jurov: Mats
_cd03: so why did you think s.mpoe is going to stop paying divs?
jurov: Mats
_cd03: did you actually read the reports?
gribble: mike
_c was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 16 hours, 14 minutes, and 6 seconds ago: <mike
_c> looks like neobeeq has settled in at a 93% drop from suspended price. another win for havelock.
gribble: mike
_c was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 16 hours, 10 minutes, and 27 seconds ago: <mike
_c> looks like neobeeq has settled in at a 93% drop from suspended price. another win for havelock.
[KS]: mircea
_popescu: I see your point, but it's an improper use of the word "scam". A scam is a fraud. A good corp in a bad market is just that. You made a bad investment and calling it a scam is just shifting the blame. Of course, don't try to explain them word things to "investors".
locksmith: mircea
_popescu I was trying to not sound too terrorist-ish - I'm not hiding my IP :p
cads: mircea
_popescu: I've always been a heavy reader, it's honest to goodness just the switching social contexts that do it
cads: mircea
_popescu: haha, that would be a lovely blog
cads: sorry I made that question
_extra
_ clueless, for humor.
benkay: hey mircea
_popescu thanks for the front page tweet
mircea_popescu: mike
_c what boggles my mind is... 5mn wagered should show 50k profit.
[KS]: mircea
_popescu: now I'm officially calling scammers on Havelock.
locksmith: mircea
_popescu so are they trading for the lulz? cos I don't see any other reason
ThickAsThieves: <mircea
_popescu> lmao this neobbq shit is so lulzy /// so fuckin surreal
Luke-Jr: Mats
_cd03: mike
_c is referring to Mormonism
Luke-Jr: mike
_c: it's like the act of killing yourself, you cease to be alive
Luke-Jr: mike
_c: the act of denying doctrine, is in itself, one by which you have left
Luke-Jr: mike
_c: there is no need for excommunication
Luke-Jr: mike
_c: heretics leave the Church of their own free will
Luke-Jr: mike
_c: but if you deny doctrine, you are a damned heretic until you repent
jurov: mike
_c they have lied to you in the school
Luke-Jr: mike
_c: that means you are *accountable* for being Catholic
Luke-Jr: mike
_c: to be Catholic, you need to believe everything the Church teaches, by definition
Luke-Jr: mike
_c: saying so doesn't make it true
jurov: mike
_c: so what the babies do with the mortal sin? do tell
jurov: but me and luke
_jr had proper catholic upbringing
jurov: mike
_c: you were probably bapized as adult. they are allowed to tell adults lies such as this to get them into the church
Luke-Jr: mike
_c: your "god" is a demon then
locksmith: mircea
_popescu I got that, just wasn't sure as to if you were referring to particular posts
mike_c: mircea
_popescu: aw, i know you use JS. you've been on my site :)
mircea_popescu: <mike
_c> kakobrekla props. bitbet works amazingly well with javascript turned off. << javascript can be turned on ?~
nubbins`: <mircea
_popescu> pankkake awww, sammy, you'd sing ?! under pressure ?!
wywialm_: i mean irony, mircea
_popescu means race if the french bow stuff is racism :)
wywialm_: mircea
_popescu, bible and latin? you sure?
tg2: mircea
_popescu, with holy water as lube
the20year2: mircea
_popescu: you've paid attention to this whole HFT thing, right?
mircea_popescu: mike
_c im not saying it makes sense, i'm merely saying thaty your proposed explanation of why it wouldn't make sense is a description of what you didn't understand of it and nothing more.
mircea_popescu: mike
_c you familiar with the cause/purpose distinction ?
truffles: mike
_c i dont think God needs to do that, thats what ppl like mp are for
mircea_popescu: mike
_c you ascribe tho. slavery is not necessarily or even much about power tripping.
mircea_popescu: mike
_c you're familiar with frame of reference. it can readily be argued that in that context, i am actually both.
mike_c: mircea
_popescu: yes, humans (not omnipotent, not omniscient) do things like this.
danielpbarron: mike
_c: we don't know that someone told Eve she was naked
benkay: mike
_c: stahp stahp stahp stahp
mircea_popescu: <mike
_c> he's just asking random questions for no reason because he already knew and he made eve do it anyway? << i actually do this.
truffles: mike
_c simple answer He knoweth all
the20year2: i saw that mircea
_popescu. I was curious if anyone had actually stopped by their offices in Cyprus?
benkay: mircea
_popescu: i'd rather talk about lasers and encryption and rockets and titties
benkay: mircea
_popescu: you suck.
cmyers: mircea
_popescu: I agree, you get credit.
cmyers: mircea
_popescu: only if you define god as "not perfectly good"
mircea_popescu: mike
_c proper blowjob is one on the balls the other on the head.
benkay: mike
_c: don't knock it...
benkay: you took a decade off that lady's life. shame, mircea
_popescu !
mircea_popescu: mike
_c well since he says "and without the house needing to take the opposite side of a position" i imagine he's at least tried.
khersonus: mike
_c: yeah, but what I'm working on won't be "options"
khersonus: mike
_c: not really. I'd like there to be a way/market to profit from the BTC/USD price movement, in bitcoin, without there being a possibility of the marketmaker/house going bust, and without the house needing to take the opposite side of a position